Heterogeneous expression of sulphotransferases in periportal and perivenous hepatocytes prepared from male and female rat liver

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-374

  Tosh, David ^a   Borthwick, Emma B ^a   Sharp, Sheila ^a   Burchell, Ann ^a   Burchell, Brian ^a   Coughtrie, Michael W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hepatocytes; immunohistochemistry; rat; ste roids; sulphotransferase; xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ARYL SULFOTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYSTEROID SULFOTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030062132     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02163-9     Document Type: Article

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